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Rich and Poor States: How States Shared N1 trillion Between January to June 2010
The 36 states in Nigeria shared a total sum of One trillion between January and June 2010. In a summary of federal allocations to the states obtained by the Economic Confidential, the online intelligence magazine, within the period South-South states that are mostly oil-producing received the highest total allocation of N386.8billion followed by North-West N162.5billion and South-West N160.7billion. Other regions like North-East got N119.7 billion, North-Central N117.2billion and South-East received N99.4 billion. The full detail of the disbursements and the ranking of rich and poor states is in a table provided by the economic Confidential where for instance Akwa Ibom state alone received a total sum of N104 billion while its neighbour, Cross River only got N18 billion in the six month of the year. Read more and table:
How We Manage Ecological Funds- Odusote
The head of the National Ecological Fund Office is Mrs. Ibukun Abimbola Odusote who is a Permanent Secretary, granted an interview to the Economic Confidential on how her agency manages Ecological Funds. Read more:
Aliyu K. Belgore: An Accomplished Banker for AMCON
In Nigeria the name Belgore is synonymous to law at highest level, but unlike other popular Belgores from the Ilorin Emirate who are lawyers, magistrates and judges, Aliyu Kola Belgore is a thorough bred and an accomplished banker of repute. He was recently confirmed by the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as the Chairman of the Board of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). Read more:
Intellipharmaceutics: A Nigerian owned Company at NASDAQ
This is cheering news to Nigerians as Dr. Isa Odidi and his wife, Dr. Amina Odidi based in Canada were recently honoured by NASDAQ. They were invited by a stock exchange based in the United States of America (NASDAQ) to ring the opening bell before trading began in New York City. They are top pharmaceutical scientists and prolific inventors in Canada whose pharmaceutical company Intellipharmaceutics, has become a success story. Read more:
Nigeria Tasks Commonwealth Citizens On Taxes
At a meeting of 46-member countries of Commonwealth Association of Tax Administrators (CATA), President Goodluck Jonathan tasked citizens of commonwealth countries including Nigerians to pay their taxes so as to have moral justification to hold governments accountable on implementation of development programmes. Read more:
Features
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Wanted: change driver, not jingoist by Chijama Ogbu
Pension: A Retirement Income Strategy by Salim Salihu Muhammed
Renaissance Professionals: A Post Mortem by Suraj Oyewale
Cybernetic Solutions to Economic Problem by Oluwaseyi Akanni Olumuyiwa
Sani-Sidi and the Way Forward in NEMA by Manzo Ezekiel
Memories of Colonial Africa: A Nigeria Without Oil by Philip Emeagwali
Mittee Report as Key to Security and development by Law Mefor
Expo 2010 and Greater Port Harcourt Mega city by Prince Nwaokugha Ikeokwu
Tackling Zamfara Lead Poisoning Threat by Bashir Bichi
Poor Northerners! by Aliyu Tilde
An evil that created economic imbalances by Gbenga Okubadejo
Government and Social Responsibility Service by Toyeen Ojo
Book Review: My Country My Home by Abubakar Jimoh
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